κρίνω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
κρίνω
κρινῶ
ἔκρῑνα
κέκρικα
κέκριμαι
ἐκρίθην
Structure:
κρίν
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- I separate, part
- I order, arrange
- I inquire, investigate
- I select, choose, decide, prefer
- I discern between good and bad
- (middle & passive) I contend, dispute, quarrel
- I judge, pronounce
- I bring to court, accuse
- I pass sentence on, condemn, criticize
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ τοῦ πάθουσ κριθέντοσ ἐπειδὴ βραχέωσ αὑτὸν προσανέλαβε, προῆγε μετὰ τῆσ δυνάμεωσ ἀφηγουμένου Πευκέστου καὶ Ἀντιγένουσ, αὐτὸσ δὲ φορίῳ κομιζόμενοσ ἐπηκολούθει τοῖσ οὐραγοῦσιν, ὅπωσ μὴ διὰ τὸν θόρυβον καὶ τὴν στενοχωρίαν παρενοχλοῖτο. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 19, chapter 24 6:1)
- οὐκοῦν, ἦν δ’ ἐγώ, ὦ φίλε Γλαύκων, παντελῶσ τὸ πάθοσ ἄθλιον, καὶ τοῦ ὑπὸ σοῦ κριθέντοσ χαλεπώτατα ζῆν χαλεπώτερον ἔτι ζῇ ὁ τυραννῶν; (Plato, Republic, book 9 204:1)
- τὸ γὰρ ἡγεῖσθαι χρηστοῦ τινοσ ἄλλου κριθέντοσ μὴ εἶναι τούτῳ πλείονοσ ἀξίῳ δόξαι πῶσ οὐ τοιοῦτόν ἐστιν; (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 177:13)
- κριθέντοσ δὲ πάλιν τοῦ ἀναπολεμεῖν, ἐξαίφνησ ὁπλοποιίαν συνεστήσαντο, καὶ ἑκάστησ ἡμέρασ ἀνεφέροντο θυρεοὶ μὲν ἑκατὸν καὶ τετταράκοντα πεπηγότεσ, μάχαιραι δὲ τριακόσιαι καὶ λόγχαι πεντακόσιαι, χίλια δὲ βέλη καταπελτικά, τρίχα δὲ τοῖσ καταπέλταισ αἱ θεράπαιναι παρεῖχον· (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 3 30:7)
- διόπερ ἀνυπόστατον συμβαίνει γίνεσθαι καὶ παντὸσ ἐφικνεῖσθαι τοῦ κριθέντοσ τὴν ἰδιότητα τοῦ πολιτεύματοσ. (Polybius, Histories, book 6, chapter 18 4:1)
Synonyms
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I separate
-
I order
- τάσσω (I arrange, put in order)
- καταστέλλω (to put in order, arrange)
- κατατάσσω (to draw up in order, arrange)
- διέπω (to manage, order, arrange)
- στοιχίζω (to order or arrange in system)
- εὐθετίζω (to set in order, arrange well)
- ἐγκοσμέω (to arrange in)
- διαταγεύω (to arrange)
- παρευτρεπίζω (to put in order, arrange, make ready)
- κατακοσμέω (to set in order, arrange, was fitting)
- κατατάσσω (to make arrangements)
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I inquire
-
I select
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I contend
-
I judge
-
I bring to court
Derived
- ἀνακρίνω (to examine closely, to question, interrogate)
- ἀποκρίνω (to separate, set apart, to distinguish)
- διακρίνω (to separate one from another, to part, to be parted)
- ἐγκρίνω (to reckon in or among, to admit as elected, to admit)
- ἐκκρίνω (to choose or pick out, to single out, to single out for disgrace)
- ἐκπροκρίνω (to choose out)
- ἐπιδιακρίνω (to decide as umpire)
- ἐπικρίνω (to decide, determine)
- καθυποκρίνομαι (to subdue by histrionic arts, to pretend to be)
- κατακρίνω (to give as a sentence against, to condemn)
- παρακρίνω (to draw up in line opposite, drawn up along)
- προκρίνω (to choose before others, choose by preference, prefer)
- συγκρίνω (to compound, to compare, to measure)